UFC 147 takes place June 23 at Joao Havelange Stadium. The event’s main card airs live on pay-per-view while preliminary-card fights air on FX and stream on Facebook.

Vieira, who amazingly has but one career win by his signature move, comes into the octagon with a three-fight win streak, though he has not faced top-tier opposition for quite some time.

Earlier in his career, Vieira didn’t fare well against top-tier welterweights Jake Shields and Hayato Sakurai. Now 33 years old, his octagon debut will provide strong clues of his future.

The 24-year-old Arantes is in good spirits after getting back in the win column in his most recent UFC appearance. The Macaco Gold Team fighter outpointed Antonio Carvalho at UFC 142, five months after he came up on the losing end of a decision against Iuri Alcantara at UFC 134.

The majority of Arantes’ wins come by way of TKO and KO while Vieria’s predictably come from submissions. So the style matchup appears to be set.

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